As soon as Tang Cheng returned to Raole, a bunch of things came rushing over. The envoys of the Yusuo tribe were waiting to see him, the leaders of the three remnants were looking for him, and even one of the nine surnamed Hu collars who was supposed to be in Longmen, Ashdezhi, was waiting.

"You've worked hard all the way, go and rest. Ordered someone to send a few more hot handkerchiefs in", with the dust of a servant on his face, Tang Chengcheng had already begun to be busy, and after waving his hand to Zheng San, who was following behind him, he turned his head and said to the sergeant on duty at the door of the leather tent: "First invite Yu Suosong to see me."

Tang Cheng entered the tent and sat down, and the handkerchief handle was also sent in, and the servant knew that he had the habit of using a hot hand towel to cover his face after being tired, and the hotter the better, so the handkerchief handle that was sent in was still steaming.

Spread out the hot hand towel handle, the face was tight at first, and then all the pores were opened, and it was quietly applied for a while, and the fatigue was taken away while the hidden energy in the body was squeezed out.

When Yu Suosong walked into the leather tent, Tang Cheng just finished using the third hand towel handle, and after a hot compress, although there was still tiredness between his eyebrows and eyes, he was already faintly invisible.

Since the last time Tang Cheng went to the Yu Suo Ministry, he had a-for-tat confrontation with Yu Suohai and injured the faces of both sides, Yu Suoping replaced Yu Suosong, the youngest elder in this tribe, to be responsible for various matters such as the purchase of weapons.

It should be said that Yu Suoping's substitution can indeed be regarded as making the best use of his talents, compared with the always somewhat tough Yu Suohai. Yu Suosong is obviously more flexible in dealing with the relationship between people, and he is more amiable when he sees people with a smile on his face, and this guy is not just relying on a smiling face and mouth to eat, and there are also two brushes that can make people feel at ease in specific affairs.

To be eloquent and eloquent, and to be capable and to have some talent, it is no wonder that he can become the youngest elder of the Yusuo Division.

"Come, sit down", Tang Cheng spoke to Yu Suosong in a very casual tone, and while greeting, he waved his hand and scolded all the servants waiting in the leather tent.

Yu Suosong also looked familiar, took care of himself and poured the tea, and said while busy in his hands: "My lord is back, if you don't come back, I will really be forced to death by the patriarch."

"You are really going to be anxious about this", Tang Cheng ignored this perverse words, and directly mockingly exposed Yu Suosong's true thoughts, "I'm afraid it's too late to be happy in my heart."

Yu Suosong put down the tea pot and looked carefully at the leather tent, and only after seeing that all the servants were sent away, he was relieved, "My lord's words have really wronged me, but what I have left on my body is also the blood of the Yu Suo Department."

On a certain level, Yu Suosong, who was born in Raole Grassland, is really a little similar to Zhang Xiangwen in personality, so Tang Cheng is familiar with him, especially after forming a secret agreement, he is very casual with him, "Okay, don't talk to me about this useless, you should not be idle during this time." Tell me, how is the preparation in the tribe? ”。

After handing the poured tea to Tang Cheng, Yu Suosong himself did not sit down with one of them, and stood like this and said, "The progress was slow a few days ago, and there were not many relatives who supported me, and I didn't dare to contact several other elder families for fear of leaking the news, but since the Khitan people sent troops and Yu Suoping was defeated again and again, the situation has changed a lot, especially in recent days."

Tang Cheng slowly took a sip of tea and raised his head, "This is also expected, Yu Suoping is a clan leader who is both brave and capable, your ministry is indeed growing very quickly in his hands, and he can bring wealth to the nobles, if there is no variable of the Khitans sending troops, and your ministry is now at a crisis moment on the front line of survival, you will never have a chance."

"Strong, decisive, meticulous and able to take into account the overall situation of the clan, he is indeed a good patriarch", Tang Cheng's evaluation of Yu Suoping not only did not make Yu Suosong unhappy. On the contrary, he nodded in agreement, and said with regret: "It's a pity that he always can't agree with my thoughts, otherwise why would I do such a thing?" Why did the tribe snatch the throne of King Xi, and why did they fight for life and death in these days, filling in so many good sons? Isn't the purpose to make the tribe strong, so that everyone from the nobles to the ordinary people can have a good life? But this can only be achieved by force? Looking at the previous three southern tribes, their force is indeed not good, but life is much better than that of the people of their own tribe. As long as he is the patriarch for a day, his clan will not stop fighting, and the blood of his people will continue to flow. But what I want in the end is not eternal war, but a better life, real food and clothing under every tent, more cattle and sheep and more children, this is the real way for the tribe to be strong."

After many temptations and suspicions that day, when Yu Suosong said these words for the first time with an unconcealable omission, it brought a huge shock to Tang Cheng, and he really didn't expect that someone would have such an idea in the martial Raole Grassland, among the elders of the five most powerful troops.

But it's precisely because I've heard him say this kind of thing a long time ago, so now I'm much calmer when I listen to it again, "I also said this a long time ago, and I support you." After all, the purpose of fighting a war is to live a better life, and it should not just be a war for the sake of fighting, or just to bury the lives of countless people in vain to achieve the name of a person's hero, otherwise it will be a reckless force", Tang Cheng waved his hand at this point. "Well, this issue will not be discussed, since you also know that Yu Suoping is thoughtful, you must be careful not to miss the wrong thing when acting."

"Him?" , Yu Suosong smiled, "His mind is all on the Khitan people now, and those few really capable relatives have also been sent down to unify the army, where can he still take care of these?" Besides, with his self-confidence, he is afraid that he will not believe that anyone dares to attack him, let alone this person or me, whom he has never really looked down on."

"That's fine, you have to be careful," and after a careful discussion of some details, he got up and went out of the account.

As for the task given to him by Yu Suoping: urging Tang Cheng to say as soon as possible that the Tang Dynasty would send troops to relieve the siege of Yu Suo, Yu Suosong didn't even mention it.

As soon as Yu Suosong left, the patriarch and some elders of the three remnants came together, and the Khitans who suddenly sent troops not only broke the dream that Yu Suoping was close at hand, but also made the patriarchs of the three remnants uncomfortable as if they were fried.

Although there was a civil war before, it was after all a matter of the Xi people themselves, and at the moment, the Khitan dog's behavior of taking advantage of the fire to rob is completely of another nature, which is like a few brothers under a tent fighting for their own pasture is one thing, but if the neighbors intervene to rob it, it is another matter, the patriarchs and nobles of the three remnants of the tribe are also as indignant as the ordinary people in the tribe, but in addition to the indignation, they are always worried and concerned about their vital interests.

The Khitan dog is different from the Tang Dynasty, although the reputation of the Three Remnants is not very good after the Datang is attached, it is inevitable that some things will be lost. But at least the status of these patriarchs and nobles is still guaranteed, just like Domozhong said, the Tang court can't really change them all at once, to put it mildly, those scholars in the Tang Dynasty don't really want to take care of the affairs of the grassland without ten or twenty years of accumulation, and the people of these grasslands will not be willing to obey them; The second is that the Tang Dynasty will not rob their pasture, and the imperial court can really move those farmers who have been used to planting land all their lives to graze? Looking through hundreds or thousands of years of old history, there is no such thing; In the end, it is even more frustrating, although it is inevitable that the Tang Dynasty will be scolded, it is still a bit of a cover-up, after all, the Tang Dynasty is recognized as the "Heavenly Khan". Nominally, he has long been the master of this grassland.

But what is a Khitan dog? On the strength of the country and the great size of the territory...... No matter what the Khitan dog is, it is not enough to even carry shoes for the Tang Dynasty, and such a dog dares to come to Raole! What's even worse is that once these dogs really succeed this time, they will not let go of the grassland like the Tang people, as for the nobles of these tribes, they don't want to have a way to live, there is no grassland and no people, and these are the lifeblood of the upper-class nobles of the three tribes, how can they not be in a hurry?

So there is only one question for them to come in a swarm at this time: will the Tang Dynasty send troops to expel the Khitans this time? When will the troops be sent?

"Sit down and say, sit down and say, come, serve wine to the nobles", after quietly listening to what they said, and beckoning these anxious and angry patriarchs and elders to sit down, Tang Cheng then accepted a pleasant expression, and said in a firm tone with a straight face: "Rao Le is for my Tang Dynasty's vassals, and the dynasty will not allow the Khitan slaves to covet it, and sending troops is inevitable."

"That's good", Tuduo, who was in a hurry, breathed a sigh of relief and followed up and asked, "Then when will the imperial court be able to send troops?" ”。

"Well...... It depends on the rank", Tang Cheng put down the tea cup in his hand, "This official is the Grand Sima of the Rao Le Du Governor's Mansion, so he naturally hopes that the imperial court will send troops as soon as possible." But in this matter, the court is also really difficult."

Speaking of this, Tang Cheng paused slightly, and after turning his eyes around Tuduomeng and the others who were looking at him, he sighed helplessly: "Everyone knows what happened last year, the imperial court just designated a Li Chengzhong to take over as King Xi, and as a result, it caused unrest in the Quartet, and the envoys of the eight hundred prefectures rushed to the Honglu Temple in Chang'an endlessly, and finally my Majesty not only dismissed the officials of Lord Zhao of the Honglu Temple in order to appease the Sifan, but also reiterated the old edict of 'the sea is as one' to the envoys of the temple when sacrificing to the temple. How long has this been since then? But how can I send troops to Datang? If the name is not right, it is not good! ”。

"But...... Didn't the Khitan dogs come in? ”。

"Tuduo patriarch, don't forget that those Khitannu are the same as Xi people in terms of style and clothing, and there are Shali people who are also one of the five departments to help them cover up to confuse the public, who can distinguish them except for the rank Raole people, let alone those Sifan who live separately in Tiannan and Haibei, in this case, if the imperial court sends troops, it will inevitably be regarded as interfering with Raole. Ay! After all, my Datang is too big, and there are too many things involved in every move, so I can't be cautious! ”。

"Shave our style, wear our clothes. These Khitan dogs were premeditated a long time ago."

"It's not difficult to guess the thoughts of the Khitan people", Tang Cheng glanced at Duo Mozhong, who answered, and said: "They didn't dare to openly invade Raole, so they made this dirty way to act under the banner of Shali, and what clearly existed was to fight fast, so that the imperial court could not send troops and had no time to send troops, and after the fight, they would withdraw immediately and then control Rao Le through the puppet of Shali." Rank think, why didn't they send troops earlier? Isn't the intention here to weaken Shari through the hands of the Rope Department so that he can control it in the future? If it really comes to this situation, no matter how much grassland Shali cuts to the Khitan, it will become an internal matter of 'you love me', and the court can't control it even if it wants to."

The above is actually Tang Cheng's speculation, but this speculation can indeed be justified, and it was said by him in an incomparably affirmative tone, and those three remnant nobles who were already distracted naturally accepted it, but if they didn't believe it, there was no rebuttal to say, and their already bad faces became worse for a while.

After a short silence, it was Tu Duomeng who spoke first, "That...... What to do? ”。

"It depends on the ranks", this is what he was waiting for, and Tang Cheng's tone was even more calm, "If the rank can write to the imperial court at this time to state the meaning of the attachment, and explain in detail the inside story of the Khitanu invasion, the imperial court can declare it to Sifan, and no one can say anything if it is justified in sending troops." I'll say something even more damning here, since the rankings have been attached, can the imperial court send troops unhappily? ”。

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After Tang Cheng sent Tu Duomeng and the others out of the leather tent, although his face was full of exhaustion, he couldn't help but show a comfortable smile, isn't it just for today that he has spent so much effort since he entered Raole? Although Tu Duomeng and the others had been twisting and pinching in the leather tent for a long time just now, Duo Mozhong's chess piece was in the middle, and the matter was finally handled smoothly.

This is not to say that the three departments really regard the love of their compatriots as more important than life and death, but they also realize that they are now in a relationship with Yusuo, so they have to work together to block the Khitans, at least until the arrival of the Tang reinforcements.

In the name of protecting their own interests in the name of the righteousness of their compatriots, the nobles of the three remnants are very handy in doing such things, but they don't need Tang Chengduo to persuade them.

Standing quietly at the door of the leather tent, Tang Cheng looked at the endless grassland in front of him for a long time, then turned back and looked south for a moment before turning around and returning to the tent.

From this to the south, after crossing the Great Wall that winds and circles for more than 10,000 miles, there is a prosperous Tang Daozhou, although Tang Cheng can not see it in front of him, but it is very clear in his heart, and his heart is the Xijing of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an, which has the reputation of a golden city.

"Tell me to go down and send a few more hot hand towels in", rubbing his face vigorously with his hands, Tang Cheng continued to instruct: "Go, please come and see Astezhi."

It didn't take long for Asstech to arrive. Tang Cheng didn't get up to greet him, he casually pointed to the stool beside him and said with a smile: "You are also busy these days, why are you fat!" You and I don't want those false words, say, what are you looking for me? ”。

"It's really because of ......", Ashdechi hesitated for a moment and said in a rare solemn tone: "It's really because of some abnormalities in Longmen Xi."

Seeing Ashide like this, Tang Cheng's heart tightened, and he put away the smile on his face and said solemnly: "What is abnormal? ”。

"I don't know if this matter has the consent of the adult, but I already know that Longmen Xi is secretly trading with Shali."